Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian
The Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian, named after Moses the Black, is a monastic community of the Syriac Catholic Church located near the town of Nabk, Syria, approximately 80 km north of Damascus, on the eastern slopes of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: monastery
- Also known as: “Dayr Mar Musa”, “Dayr Mār Mūsá”, “Deïr Mâr Moûssa”, “Deir Mar Moussa, Deïr Mâr Moûssa, Dayr Mār Mūsá”, and “Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian”
Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.0217° or 34° 1′ 18″ northLongitude
36.84245° or 36° 50′ 33″ eastElevation
1,295 metres (4,249 feet)Open location code
8G6R2RCR+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 205629649OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Monastery of St. Moses the Abyssinian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير مار موسى الحبشي”
- Arabic: “دير مار موسى”
- Catalan: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Catalan: “Deir Mar Musa”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Mar Musa”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Moisès l’Abissini”
- Dutch: “Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian”
- French: “Dayr Mar Musa”
- French: “Deir Mar Moussa al-Habachi”
- French: “monastère de Saint-Moïse-l’Abyssin”
- French: “Monastère de Saint-Moïse-l’Abyssin”
- German: “Dair Mar Musa al-Habaschi”
- German: “Dayr Mar Musa”
- German: “Deir Mar Musa al Habashi”
- German: “Deir Mar Musa”
- German: “Kloster des heiligen Moses von Abessinien”
- German: “Mar Musa”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι Αγίου Μωυσή του Αβησσυνίου”
- Hindi: “मार मूसा”
- Italian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Italian: “Mar Musa”
- Italian: “Monastero di San Mosè l’Abissino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Norwegian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
- Polish: “Deir Mar Musa”
- Polish: “Klasztor św. Mojżesza Abisyńskiego”
- Russian: “Монастырь Моисея Мурина”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Moises el Abisinio”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Moisés el Abisinio”
- Western Frisian: “Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi”
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